Santa Barrel Cats Character Bento

Ingredients: 2 Santa Barrel Cats

Steps

1.
Mix the salt into the rice, distributing evenly, then mold into barrel shapes using your hands. If you have one, used a barrel-shaped rice mold to make this process easier.

2.
Cut out the eyes, noses, and mouths from the nori and stick them on the cats. Cut the ears and cheeks from a slice of ham. Cut a slice of ham to fit the bodies, put in place. Then cut cheese as needed to decorate the bodies (refer to image right).

3.
Stamp out circles of cheese using the end of a straw, and attach them to the ham to make buttons. Then, cut out ham and cheese as needed to make the scarf.

4.
Give the other cat pockets, as shown.

5.
[Barrel Cats] (Recipe ID: 696695)

6.
[Barrel Animals] (Recipe ID: 697898）

7.
[Sleeping Barrel Bears] (Recipe ID: 698714）

Story Behind this Recipe

I tried making a Festive version of "Barrel Cats Character Bento" (Recipe ID: 696695)

Helpful Hints

Press on the nori 'faces' after the rice has cooled (they'll shrink if you stick them on while the rice is still hot).Use a nori punch cutter if you have one. This will make preparing the faces a lot easier.